Nasturtium for Sale

(yellow and orange flowers) €2.50

Nasturtium flowers are versatile and the plants are attractive in the landscape and useful in the garden.

Nasturtium plants are easy to grow and cover a large area. Care of nasturtiums is minimal; in fact, nasturtium plants are one of those specimens that thrive on neglect! Nasturtiums are popular in the garden as an edible and the flowers are beautiful to decorate a cake or salad.

Visit the Garden and buy a pot for yourself or a loved one today and the proceeds will go towards caring for our beautiful garden.

The hedgerows are suddenly alive! Just as the blackthorn trees go from flower to leaf, their cousin the hawthorn (both are rose family members) takes the cue from sun and Earth and explodes into blossom.

The Celtic people believed that the liminal times of dusk and dawn held the potential of magic and possibility and perhaps that is one of the reasons that the seasonal celebrations begin at dusk preceding. So, Bealtaine begins as the light wanes on April 30th.

Children from all around County Galway have been visiting the Garden for our Spring school workshops. They are planting seeds in the polytunnel, searching for the signs of spring in the Celtic Gardens and making bird nests in the woodlands.

Brigit’s Garden is looking for facilitators to work through both the Irish and English language as part of our experienced and enthusiastic Education Team. Brigit’s Garden offers a range of high-quality, inspirational and educational workshops for all ages. This role would involve working mainly with primary school students but may also include working with secondary schools and summer camps.

It has been a long winter and your home has held you well. Now, as the days warm, you are inclined to open the windows wider and invite in the freshness of renewal. Now is the time to clear away and make room for what will grow in your own life this season. Spring is the perfect time to cleanse your personal space to eliminate old energies and make way for the fresh and the new, to give love and intention to your beloved house and home.

Brigit was a herbalist and used wild herbs to nourish and heal body and spirit. Many of her plants grow in our gardens, hedgerows and meadows, providing wild and free medicine that has been used for thousands of years.

This year the Winter Solstice falls on 21st December and marks the shortest day of the year. Solstice means ‘sun-stop’, and for three days around the solstice the sun appears to rise and set at the same point, moving in a low arc through the sky and casting the longest shadow of the year on our Calendar Sundial.

More than just a flavour for your pasta sauce, thyme is a robust herb available almost year around, offering many healing properties. Be sure to continue to add thyme to your soups, stews and sauces, as food is medicine! Thyme has wonderful properties to keep our bodies healthy during the cold, cough and flu season.

Testimonials

A big thank you from all of us in the School of Humanities at NUI Galway for the brilliant set-up that you provided for our away-day last Friday. From the tea, coffee and fresh scones on arrival to the superb lunch (compliments to the chef again), to the way that you allowed us the flexibility to have our afternoon discussion outdoors in the glorious sunshine, everything was immaculately laid on, and your attentiveness was very much appreciated.

It's a fantastic venue - practical and professional. Perhaps its greatest value is that it's a very nurturing and creative space. Some of my best team development work has been done here.'Nial O Reilly, Ignite Coaching, Galway, Ireland.

The retreats in Brigit's Garden are the high points in my Mindfulness training. The setting brings an ambience to our training days that is difficult to find in today's busy world.'

The hedgerows are suddenly alive! Just as the blackthorn trees go from flower to leaf, their cousin the hawthorn (both are rose family members) takes the cue from sun and Earth and explodes into blossom.

The Celtic people believed that the liminal times of dusk and dawn held the potential of magic and possibility and perhaps that is one of the reasons that the seasonal celebrations begin at dusk preceding. So, Bealtaine begins as the light wanes on April 30th.

Children from all around County Galway have been visiting the Garden for our Spring school workshops. They are planting seeds in the polytunnel, searching for the signs of spring in the Celtic Gardens and making bird nests in the woodlands.